Senior Tyler Hixson (Shortsville, N.Y./Red Jacket) scored 19 points with seven rebounds, and classmate Trevor Healey (Wethersfield, Conn./Wethersfield) recorded his ninth double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds, but the Keuka College men's basketball team concluded the regular season with a 72-53 loss to SUNY Cobleskill Saturday afternoon.

With the loss, Keuka (14-9, 11-6 NEAC) clinched the No. 2 seed out of the North Eastern Athletic Conference's (NEAC) North division and will host Cazenovia College (12-13, 10-7 NEAC) at 7 p.m. Tuesday in a NEAC quarterfinal contest.

The Wolfpack swept the Wildcats in the regular season, winning 70-56 at Cazenovia (Jan. 10) and 73-69 at home Feb. 18.

Live stats and video from the quarterfinal can be found here.

Keuka secured the program's first postseason appearance since the 2009-10 season, and the winningest season since the 2005-06 squad went 16-10.

The top three teams from each division advance into the NEAC postseason tournament. Cobleskill (14-10, 12-4) won the North division, while Lancaster Bible College (23-2, 17-1) won the South and will serve as host for the Final Four, Feb. 28 through March 1.

Taking on Cobleskill, Hixson shot 63.6 percent from the floor (7 of 11), but the rest of the team shot only 25 percent (9 of 36).

Junior Casey Williams (Syracuse, N.Y./Jamesville-DeWitt) added 8 points with 5e rebounds and 3 assists for Keuka, which split the season series with the Fighting Tigers.

Tied at 18 entering halftime, Cobleskill exploded for 54 second-half points. Cortrell King scored 16 of his 18 points in the second half, while Travis Woods added all 13 of his points in the second-half for Cobleskill.

The Fighting Tigers opened the half on a 14-3 run and led 32-21 after Bryan Backus made a layup with 15:20 remaining.

Cobleskill extended its lead to 51-31 on a layup from Malik Chambers with 9:28 remaining before the Wolfpack went on a 13-4 run to close the gap. Hixson scored five points, Williams and senior Jared Wagner (Pittsford, N.Y./McQuaid) each made '3s', and Healey added a layup as the Wolfpack closed within 55-44 with 6:23 remaining.

But Cobleskill secured the NEAC North championship with an 11-5 run and held on for the win.